Senate Re affirms Taft Hartley stance in steel crisis
The Senate rejects a plan to seize steel plants under Taft Hartley law as a way to end the 650000 CIO steel workers strike. Morse urged a 60 day seizure with pay raises and profit grabs but failed 53 to 26. Truman pressed Congress to act while Taft and lawmakers push for anti inflation Defense Production Act changes.
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Senate
Truman
CIO
Morse
R-Ore
Congress
Taft-Hartley
Renate
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Taft
Supreme Court
Red POWs Murder 15 As They Surrender at Koje Island
AP reporting from Koje Island details a night of terror as Communist POWs in Compound 77 killed 15 fellow prisoners before surrendering to UN troops. American guards moved leaders, isolated Red officials, and dispersed 66 prisoners to new 500-man compounds.
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Koje
Eady
Compound 76
Koje Island
Tokyo
United Nations
Compound 7
Haydon L. Boatner
187Th Airbore
Army
Boater
Sergeant Who Wrote Clark Faces Trial
Sgt. C. Dean Chase, 24, of Salt Lake City, faces court martial for disrespect to a superior officer after publishing a letter criticizing Gen. Mark Clark over promises by Brig. Gen. Francis Dodd during the Koje Island POW incident. Chase joined the Army in 1945, served in Germany, and was honorably discharged in 1948 before re-enlisting in 1950.
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Monterey
Calif
Army
Mark Clark
Kose
C. Dean Chase
Salt Lake City
Chase
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Francis Dodd
Koje Island
Korea
Far East
Colson
Reds
Germany
Hri Byaoo
University of Utah
Churchill tells Britain to swim against the stream
Prime Minister Churchill urged Britons at the British Press Association annual meeting to keep their heads above water in the economic fight. He warned they would have to swim against the stream to win and compared the crisis to a vital wartime struggle.
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London
Churchill
Imsa
British Press Association
Britain
British Deny Fuchs Slips Out Papers From Jail
London reports claim atom spy Klaus Fuchs moved from Stafford to Pentonville with smuggled writings a diary and letters. The Home Office denied the transfer and any papers moving in or out of his cell.
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Atom
Fuchs
London
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
The
Daily Express
Stafford
Birming Nares
Pentonville
the Express
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Germany
Home Office
Bids Sought for Pavyo Road Paving in Thomas County
State Highway Department calls for sealed bids to pave about 5.835 miles of the Pavyo Moultrie Road State Route 133 in Thomas County from State Route 122 toward Moultrie. Bids due 11 am Eastern Standard Time June 27 1952. Work to start within ten days of contract and finish in 120 working days. Local residents urge prompt letting after only one bid earlier.
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State Highway Department
Thomas County
Taft Tightens Grip as MacArthur Named Keynoter At GOP Convention
Taft allies seize control of convention machinery seizing key posts and naming Gen. Douglas MacArthur as keynote speaker signaling a hard line to rally Southern delegates and block Eisenhower. Planned leadership roles for Taft backers extend to Walter Hallanan Joseph Martin and Eugene Millikin guiding rules and platform drafting.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Pentagon
Walter Hallahan
West Virginia
Hallanan
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Martin
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia remains mostly fair and hot through today tonight and Thursday. In Northwest Florida expect partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon thunder showers and variable coastal winds turning southerly.
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Georgia
Florida
Hoffman Says Taft Tries to Use Steamroller
Paul V. Hoffman chairman of Eisenhower advisory group says selecting General Douglas MacArthur as GOP keynote is a pro Taft move to steamroller the convention. He criticizes the arrangements committee and insists the nomination should be decided by voters, not machine tactics.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Paul V. Hoffman
Citizens of
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Taft
Hisenhower
Hoffman
Army
W. Averell Harriman
Ihe
Talks Resume amid Communist Protests at Koje Island
The Korean armistice talks opened after a three day UN walkout, with Gen Nam Il accusing Allied actions on Koje Island of massacring prisoners. Gen Clark sent a letter backing the UN delegation’s conduct and stressing no progress on exchanging prisoners. At Panmunjom the meeting lasted 37 minutes as Nam Il protested the previous day’s events.
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Munsan
Koje Island
United Nations
LMS
Mark Clark
U. N. Far East
Rea
Kim Mi Sung
Peng Teh-Hual
Clark
United Nations Command
Reds
Panmunjom
Red
William Harrison
U. N
Nam Il
Sabre Jets Shoot Down Three MIGs Near Yalu River Border
Sabre Jet pilots claim victory over three MIG-15s near Sinuiju on the Yalu frontier as part of a larger air clash involving 12 Sabres and seven MIGs. UN ground troops repel a Chinese attack on a Korean hill, with about 123 Chinese killed in a 50 minute fight near Chorwon.
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Seoul
Sinuiju
Yalu
Korea
Manchuria
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Courts Asked To Decide on Ga Delegates
Georgia courts were asked to rule on competing Republican delegations to the national convention. A Taft faction suit seeks a declaratory judgment, with hearing set for June 30. The action names Newman N. Johnson and A C Touchstone amid 17 delegates listed from both camps. The Tucker faction chairman W R Tucker says 13 support Eisenhower, 2 Taft, 1 Warren, 11 undecided.
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Griffin
Georgia
National Party
Taft
Roy Foster
Wadley
Chester A. Byars
Newman N. Johnson
Carroll County
Fostey
A. C. Touchstone
Spalding County
W. R. Tucker
Dawsonville
Tucker
General Eisenhower
New York
California
Earl Warren
Tafts Backers Control GOP Convention Lineup
The Associated Press reports Taft forces hold key GOP convention posts in Chicago with Gen. Douglas MacArthur as keynote. Eisenhower backers react mixedly as 1,193 delegates are tallied with 464 Taft, 390 Eisenhower, 130 others, and 200 uncommitted or disputed. Contested delegations from Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi loom over the July 7 convention.
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Convention Arrangement Committee
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
GOP
Dwight Hisenhower
Walter 8. Hallanan
West Virginia
Platform Committee
Sen
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Joseph W Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Taft- Higenhower
MacArthur
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
House banking panel weighs extension of price and rent controls
The Washington House banking committee voted to extend price and rent controls beyond June 30 under the Defense Production Act, potentially ending current government regulation if approved. It also set minimum support at 90 percent for six rural commodities and refused to restore livestock slaughtering quotas.
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Washington
the: Hous Banking Committee
W Tull
X. Witch
Consumer Credit
House Committee
Congress
Governor Fine Uncertain On GOP Chicago Vote
Pennsylvania Governor John Fine remains uncommitted as to how he will vote at the Chicago convention. AP interviews show he will decide on issues, not candidates, with a large portion of Pennsylvania’s 70 votes likely to follow his lead once he chooses. The poll shows 20 favor Eisenhower, 18 Taft, 32 undecided.
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Pennsylvania
John 8
Fine
Chicago
Balding
Alist Seacariete
Associated Press
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ecggior
U.S
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